Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (died 2007)

Vladimir Kazantsev (athlete)

Russian long-distance runner

Vladimir Dmitriyevich Kazantsev was a Russian long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1952 Olympics. He set the world's best times in this event in 1951 and 1952 and won the Soviet title in 1950–53. In the Olympic final he had a 20 m lead…